The Port of Moses Lake has decided to reprioritize the order of expansion of the Northern Columbia Basin Railroad Project and postpone building the rail line around the Grant County Airport (Segment 2) and instead focus on other parts of the project

US Senator Patty Murray recently announced that she has included $2 million in funding in an FY2011 Appropriations Bill for rail infrastructure investments and construction for the Northern Columbia Basin Railroad Project at the Port of Moses Lake